This isn’t the first time manufacturers have talked about creating an “iPod killer for DJs.” A research team at HP had the unusual idea of building a player around a ring, with motion sensors scratching tracks and streaming to other devices for collaboration. We haven’t seen the first product yet, but they’re promising more - “a pallet of innovative products and digital services … Everyone can be the DJ!” Not everyone can be product designers and manufacturers, though, so a lot (build quality, effects quality, usability, actually shipping) depends on the shipping product. Mac and PC compatible (assuming they just make it a USB Mass Storage device).18-hour battery life 5 hours in DJ mode.MP3 with Variable Bit Rate, AAC, WMA, WMA lossless, OGG, FLAG, WAV.Dedicated headphones and line out jacks. (Apparently no line recording, which would really make this a must-have, but some of the specs are still unclear.) If they don’t botch the design somehow, I can see this appealing to electronic musicians as much as DJs. As a player, it looks great on paper, with a 120 GB hard drive and support for OGG, FLAC, and AAC in addition to the usual MP3, WMA, and WAV. There’s a multi-function touch control for all these features. You can cross-fade on the unit itself, and add effects, with dedicated headphone and line out jacks and cueing features. Tonium, the mysterious manufacturers’ siteĭJ features and mixing are internal to the player, and there’s rich playback support in general. Pacemaker site (Warning: auto-plays music) But what about building mixing features into the portable player itself? That’s the idea of the Pacemaker, a new portable player promised for Fall. We’ve seen DJ parties with iPods and now handheld remote controls for DJ software.
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